योगवासिष्ठः yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ - book-2, chapter-19, verse-11

न कृतेनाकृतेनार्थो न श्रुतिस्मृतिविभ्रमैः ।
निर्मन्दर इवाम्भोधिः स तिष्ठति यथास्थितम् ॥ ११ ॥

na kṛtenākṛtenārtho na śrutismṛtivibhramaiḥ ,
nirmandara ivāmbhodhiḥ sa tiṣṭhati yathāsthitam 11

11. na kṛtena akṛtena arthaḥ na śruti-smṛti-vibhrámaiḥ
nir-mandaraḥ iva ambhodhiḥ saḥ tiṣṭhati yathā-sthitam

11. saḥ kṛtena akṛtena arthaḥ na,
śruti-smṛti-vibhrámaiḥ (arthaḥ) na.
(saḥ) nir-mandaraḥ ambhodhiḥ iva yathā-sthitam tiṣṭhati.

11. For such a person, there is no concern with actions performed or not performed, nor with the confusions arising from sacred texts (śruti and smṛti). He remains calm, like an ocean unchurned by the Mandara mountain, abiding in the natural state.

Words meanings summery:

• न (na) - not, no

• कृतेन (kṛtena) - by action (karma) (by what is done, by action, by deed)

• अकृतेन (akṛtena) - by inaction or non-performance of karma (by what is not done, by inaction, by non-performance)

• अर्थः (arthaḥ) - purpose, concern, interest (purpose, meaning, object, concern, wealth, advantage)

• न (na) - not, nor (not, no)

• श्रुति-स्मृति-विभ्र्áमैः (śruti-smṛti-vibhrámaiḥ) - by the perplexities or varied interpretations derived from sacred revealed texts (śruti) and remembered traditions (smṛti) (by the delusions/confusions of Shruti and Smriti)

• निर्-मन्दरः (nir-mandaraḥ) - calm, unagitated, undisturbed (like the ocean before being churned by Mandara mountain) (without the Mandara mountain, unchurned, undisturbed)

• इव (iva) - like, as (like, as, as if)

• अम्भोधिः (ambhodhiḥ) - the ocean (ocean, sea)

• सः (saḥ) - he (referring to the wise person described previously) (he, that one)

• तिष्ठति (tiṣṭhati) - remains, abides (stands, remains, abides, stays)

• यथा-स्थितम् (yathā-sthitam) - in his natural, unaltered state (as it is, as it stands, in the natural state)

Words meanings and morphology

न (na) - not, no

(indeclinable)

कृतेन (kṛtena) - by action (karma) (by what is done, by action, by deed)

(adjective)

Instrumental, neuter, singular of kṛta

kṛta - done, made, performed; deed, action, work

Past Passive Participle

From root kṛ

Root: kṛ (class 8)

Note: Often used substantively

अकृतेन (akṛtena) - by inaction or non-performance of karma (by what is not done, by inaction, by non-performance)

(adjective)

Instrumental, neuter, singular of akṛta

akṛta - undone, not done, unmade; inaction

Past Passive Participle (negative)

Negative of kṛta

Compound type : nañ-tatpuruṣa (a+kṛta)

• a – not, un-
  indeclinable
• kṛta – done, made, performed
  adjective (neuter)
  Past Passive Participle
  From root kṛ
  Root: kṛ (class 8)

Note: Often used substantively

अर्थः (arthaḥ) - purpose, concern, interest (purpose, meaning, object, concern, wealth, advantage)

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of artha

artha - meaning, purpose, object, aim, concern, wealth

Note: Subject of an implied verb 'is'

न (na) - not, nor (not, no)

(indeclinable)

श्रुति-स्मृति-विभ्र्áमैः (śruti-smṛti-vibhrámaiḥ) - by the perplexities or varied interpretations derived from sacred revealed texts (śruti) and remembered traditions (smṛti) (by the delusions/confusions of Shruti and Smriti)

(noun)

Instrumental, masculine, plural of śruti-smṛti-vibhráma

śruti-smṛti-vibhráma - confusion/error/delusion concerning śruti and smṛti

Tatpuruṣa compound: 'vibhráma' (confusion) of 'śruti-smṛti' (Shruti and Smriti)

Compound type : ṣaṣṭhī-tatpuruṣa (śruti-smṛti+vibhráma)

• śruti-smṛti – Vedic revelation and sacred tradition
  noun (feminine)
  Dvanda compound: 'śruti' (revealed text) and 'smṛti' (remembered text)
• vibhráma – error, confusion, delusion, wandering
  noun (masculine)
  From root bhram with prefix vi
  Prefix: vi
  Root: bhram (class 1)

निर्-मन्दरः (nir-mandaraḥ) - calm, unagitated, undisturbed (like the ocean before being churned by Mandara mountain) (without the Mandara mountain, unchurned, undisturbed)

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of nir-mandara

nir-mandara - without the Mandara mountain, undisturbed, calm

Avyayībhāva or Bahuvrīhi compound: 'without Mandara'

Compound type : avyayībhāva (nis+mandara)

• nis – out, forth, without
  indeclinable
• mandara – Mount Mandara (used for churning the ocean)
  proper noun (masculine)

Note: Modifies saḥ

इव (iva) - like, as (like, as, as if)

(indeclinable)

अम्भोधिः (ambhodhiḥ) - the ocean (ocean, sea)

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of ambhodhi

ambhodhi - ocean, sea (literally 'water-receptacle')

Compound: 'ambhas' (water) + 'dhi' (receptacle)

Compound type : ṣaṣṭhī-tatpuruṣa (ambhas+dhi)

• ambhas – water
  noun (neuter)
• dhi – receptacle, container
  noun (masculine)
  From root dhā
  Root: dhā (class 3)

Note: Subject of comparison with saḥ

सः (saḥ) - he (referring to the wise person described previously) (he, that one)

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of tad

tad - that, he, she, it

तिष्ठति (tiṣṭhati) - remains, abides (stands, remains, abides, stays)

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, present (laṭ) of sthā

Present Tense

3rd person singular, Parasmaipada, from root sthā

Root: sthā (class 1)

यथा-स्थितम् (yathā-sthitam) - in his natural, unaltered state (as it is, as it stands, in the natural state)

(indeclinable)

Compound: 'yathā' (as) + 'sthitam' (stood/placed)

Compound type : avyayībhāva (yathā+sthitam)

• yathā – as, according to
  indeclinable
• sthitam – stood, placed, situated, existing
  adjective (neuter)
  Past Passive Participle
  From root sthā
  Root: sthā (class 1)

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